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The Civil War was 100% about the Confederacy's desire to preserve slavery. The "State's Rights" argument is revisionist to downplay things, especially given th
by sky2224 1y ago
The Civil War was 100% about the Confederacy's desire to preserve slavery. The "State's Rights" argument is revisionist to downplay things, especially given the fact that southern states would be hypocritical and demand that the northern states enforce laws like the Fugitive Slave act, which directly went against the rights of the states that had declared themselves as free states.
- hshdhdhj4444 1y agoThe States Rights argument also falls apart the moment you dig 1 level deeper. Which Right were these states worried about when Lincoln was elected? It was the right to keep Slaves. So to the extent it was about “states rights” it was about the “states rights to keep slaves” ie about slavery.
- Jensson 1y agoBut then they removed a lot of states rights in general afterwards, not just the right to keep slaves. And today we have the result of that, and it isn't pretty, wouldn't you be happier if states had more rights today?
- sky2224 1y agoWhat were some of those rights exactly?
- const_cast 1y agoAs long as we're being bad faith, would you be happier if we had slaves? I don't know man, things seem pretty fucking fantastic today all things considered.